Few words about us
Advancing Synergy’s mission is to develop innovations that empower individuals and impact communities to achieve health equity and improve long-term health outcomes. We bring together expertise in research, science, health care, public health, and information technology to advance our mission.
Advancing Synergy’s current efforts are focused on creating solutions that mobilize human capital and technology to coordinate care across the cancer continuum from prevention through survivorship. Through our work, we aim to address both the increasing costs of cancer care and the unequal burden of cancer by ensuring that Individuals faced with a family history or diagnoses of cancer have access to the information and resources to support them in their decision-making and care.
Our
approach
The Advancing Synergy team believes in engaging all stakeholders, especially the patient and provider end-users, throughout technology development to ensure that the resulting technology will be useful to and accepted by the target audience.
How
we work
Our team works collaboratively with community-based leaders and research teams to develop and implement evidence-based solutions for resource-limited settings using a combination of existing information technology tools and customized applications.
Our Team

Arti Patel Varanasi, PhD, MPH, CPH
President and CEO
As President and CEO of Advancing Synergy, LLC, Dr. Arti Patel Varanasi is passionate about developing innovations that build stronger communities and enable all individuals to lead healthier and longer lives.

Mychelle Farmer, MD, FAAP
Chief Medical Officer
As Chief Medical Officer at Advancing Synergy. Dr. Mychelle Farmer supported the global effort to integrate noncommunicable disease (NCD) screening and prevention into primary care and community-based settings.
Our Work
Virtual
Navigator
Advancing Synergy's Intial technology product is the innovative Technology Enhanced Nurse-directed Navigation (TENNSM) Portal, a web-based knowledge and communication application for low-income breast cancer patients and their care providers.
The TENNSM Portal, designed as a digital telehealth tool, supports a virtual outreach program of nurse-directed navigation support designed to bridge the gap in breast cancer treatment and care for all individuals.
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Comments
- My little., .buddy has been like my sidekick of information.
- I like being able to send and receive messages.. ..The messages... have been very encouraging.
- It was my library of resources, and I could be prepared to ask doctors questions during visits.
Research
Publications
- Development and Evaluation of a Technology-Enhanced Interdisciplinary Navigation Program for Low-Income Breast Cancer Patients | Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship | View
- A Pilot Study of a Virtual Navigation Program to Improve Treatment Adherence Among Low-Income Breast Cancer Patients | Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship | View
Contact us
Advancing Synergy, LLC
1450 South Rolling Road
Baltimore, MD 21227
For more information, please email
info@advancingsynergy.com